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Saint Nicholas Celebrations
Festa di San Nicola (Sagra di Maggio)
Bari, Italy
May 7 - 9, 2027ConfirmedSource
Every May, the city of Bari honors Saint Nicholas with a parade in old costumes through the streets and a boat procession that carries his statue out onto the sea. The festival remembers the year 1087, when sailors brought the saint's remains to Bari, where they have stayed ever since.
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Saint Nicholas Celebrations
Festa di San Nicola (Sagra di Maggio)
Bari, Italy
Every May, the city of Bari honors Saint Nicholas with a parade in old costumes through the streets and a boat procession that carries his statue out onto the sea. The festival remembers the year 1087, when sailors brought the saint's remains to Bari, where they have stayed ever since.
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About Saint Nicholas Celebrations
Bari’s patronal Festa di San Nicola — known locally as the Sagra di Maggio — commemorates the arrival of Saint Nicholas’ relics from Myra to Bari in 1087. Centered on 7‑9 May, it features the 7 May Historical Parade (Corteo Storico), the 8 May sea procession in which the statue of the Saint is carried from the Basilica through the city to the port and boarded onto a fishing boat for the blessing of the sea, and the 9 May solemn liturgies with the ritual ‘...
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Bari’s patronal Festa di San Nicola — known locally as the Sagra di Maggio — commemorates the arrival of Saint Nicholas’ relics from Myra to Bari in 1087. Centered on 7‑9 May, it features the 7 May Historical Parade (Corteo Storico), the 8 May sea procession in which the statue of the Saint is carried from the Basilica through the city to the port and boarded onto a fishing boat for the blessing of the sea, and the 9 May sole...
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